Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Impacts After Two Years

Authors

Patrick J. Wolf, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleFollow
Babette Gutmann, Westat
Michael Puma, Chesapeake Research Associates
Brian Kisida, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Lou Rizzo, Westat
Nada Eissa, Georgetown University
Marsha Silverberg, Institute of Educaiton Sciences

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

6-1-2008

Abstract

The District of Columbia School Choice Incentive Act of 2003, passed by the Congress in January 2004, established the first federally funded, private school voucher program in the United States. As part of this legislation, the Congress mandated a rigorous evaluation of the impacts of the Program, now called the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). This report presents findings from the evaluation on the impacts 2 years after families who applied were given the option to move from a public school to a participating private school of their choice.

Citation

Study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education